Tunisia at the FIFA Confederations Cup explained

Tunisia has participated one times in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005, as a representative from Africa after winning the 2004 African Cup of Nations. From its only participation, the team was content with the group stage.

Records

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	6th		3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad	^[1]
2009	Did not qualify
2013
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	5	—	—

Matches

	Year		Stage	Date	Opponent	Result	Tunisia scorers
1	2005	1	Group stage	15 June 2005		1–2		^[2] ^[3]
		2	Group stage	18 June 2005		0–3	—	^[4] ^[5]
		3	Group stage	21 June 2005		2–0		^[6] ^[7]

Tournaments

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

The Tunisian team, winning their first African Cup of Nations title, enabled them to qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where they participated in a tough group including hosts Germany, Argentina and Australia. The opening match of this tournament was between Tunisia and Argentina, Tunisia lost by a narrow margin 1–2.^[8] In the second match, the Tunisians resisted until the 74th minute, where they conceded three goals from the German team to end the match,^[9] while in the third match they managed to beat Australia 2–0,^[10] to leave good impressions.

Group stage

See main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A. --------

Statistics

Head to head

Versus	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Def	First match date	Last match date
	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1	15 June 2005	15 June 2005
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	21 June 2005	21 June 2005
	1	0	0	1	0	3	–3	18 June 2005	18 June 2005
Total	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	15 June 2005	18 June 2005

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	2005	Goals
1	Francileudo Santos	2	2
2	Haykel Guemamdia	1	1
Total		3	3

Awards

Man of the match

• 2005: Francileudo Santos (vs. Australia; Group A)^[11]

See also

• Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup
• Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations
• Tunisia at the African Nations Championship
• Tunisia at the FIFA Arab Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Intercontinental Cup for Nations. 4 August 2020. www.rsssf.com.
2. Web site: Match Report of Argentina vs Tunisia - 2005-06-15 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive . 2024-06-24 . globalsportsarchive.com.
3. Web site: Argentina vs Tunisia: live 14 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast Soccer365 . 2024-06-24 . soccer365.me.
4. Web site: Match Report of Tunisia vs Germany - 2005-06-18 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive . 2024-06-24 . globalsportsarchive.com.
5. Web site: Tunisia vs Germany: live 17 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast Soccer365 . 2024-06-24 . soccer365.me.
6. Web site: Match Report of Australia vs Tunisia - 2005-06-21 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive . 2024-06-24 . globalsportsarchive.com.
7. Web site: Australia vs Tunisia: live 20 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast Soccer365 . 2024-06-24 . soccer365.me.
8. Web site: Argentina – Tunisia 2:1 . 2021-12-01 . www.flashscore.com . en.
9. Web site: Tunisia – Germany 0:3 . 2021-12-01 . www.flashscore.com . en.
10. Web site: Australia – Tunisia 0:2 . 2021-12-01 . www.flashscore.com . en.
11. News: 21 June 2005 . AUS-TUN (Match 9), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Santos (TUN) . https://web.archive.org/web/20051129010832/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050621/1/3z2p.html . 29 November 2005 . 23 June 2013 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association.